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MR MCGUIRE had just one word for young Benjamin, in “The Graduate”: plastics. It was 1967, and chemical engineers had spent the previous decade devising cheap ways to splice different hydrocarbon molecules

IN POOR countries people are living longer and healthier lives than ever. Since 2000 child mortality has fallen by almost half. The rate of new HIV/AIDS infections has dropped by 40%. About 7m deaths from

Abuses linked to mining in countries such as Myanmar and Colombia are being overlooked by technology companies focused only on eliminating “conflict minerals” from war-torn parts of Africa in their supply

This report compares the approach to cookstoves of SNV, the Netherlands Development Organisation, with evidence from the sector about how interventions can lead to market transformation. Case studies of

Nepal has made the “fastest progress” in reducing multidimensional poverty, according to a study by Oxford University.
The study conducted by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) showed

India 67th In Global Hunger Index Among 81 Countries With Worst Figures
New Delhi: India’s food security situation continues to rank as “alarming” according to the International Food Policy Research Institute’s